I created a map based on a DEM in ArcGIS (with Spatial Analyst). The office I worked together with, now wants me to add some extra layers into my map for further use. The thing is, my student licence ...

You set up your mxd in a folder. However, when you copy and paste to a different folder, the Map Document Properties does not update the document path when you save a new mxd with a different title. ...

This is probably a very straightforward question, but I can't see if this is at all possible. I often work with MXDs that have a large number of group layers, and would like to find a specific layer ...

I am trying to come up with a python script that will go through a designated folder, locate all MXD files within the folder, and then check each MXD to see if it contains a specified shapefile, which ...

Is there any routine I can use to read the data sources out of mxd´s without waiting 30 seconds to open each one?
I need to create lists of all data sources as we are migrating data and altering our ...

I am looking for a way to check the mxd version of a bunch of mxds. I found a script here at ArcPy method to determine ArcMap document version
I am using ArcGIS 10.3.1 on my desktop.
It goes through ...

I'm very new to python so please forgive me if this is a simple error.
I have quite a few MXD's in which each have a few layers referencing the same source. However I have since moved this data to a ...

When you create an mxd and use layers from a database connection where you are using "Database authentication" and clicked "Save username and password" and share the mxd with others, why are others ...

I have created a form in C# which collects data such as name, date, workspace and several other fields from the user and stores this data in a temporary .txt file to be used later by other functions. ...

I am new to using spatial data in R. So far the tutorials I have seen consist of using maptools, map, ggplot2 and rgdal to open ".shp" files along with ".csv" files to plot the polygons/ points using ...

At work a lot of our GIS-data is moved to a different folder. Since that means that we will have lots of missing links to this data within all the mxd-files, I was wondering if there was a way to show ...

The following script has the following objectives:
User selected MXD files. Here I use a multivalue parameter for FILE with a filter for MXD in the tool box settings.
Changing selected text based on ...

I have created 2 geometric trace models for a project, one to pick a spot on the network and run an isolation, and the other to choose from a list of buildings, then then run a trace to find features ...

ArcGIS is used very widely in Environmental consultancy and the print/map templates used for reports are usually passed around in an MXD or CAD file format. Unfortunately we cannot afford ArcGIS and ...

I have spent hours attempting to find the solution to the following problem online, but all answers I have found are quite old, and none work. Here is the situation:
I have a variety of .shp files. I ...

My python script looks at layers in an MXD, then does a couple of clip and measure operations and generates a PDF.
It works accurately and quickly (0.5-3 seconds) when all the layers in the MXD are ...

Is there a method in ArcPy that will rename the MXD you currently have open? I don't what to use mxd.saveACopy("newFileName") as it will just save a COPY with a new name, not rename the current MXD.
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I have two applications - a pc app which uses .mpk and a mobile app which uses .tpk
I can generate both, given the .mxd file - but I'd like an easy way to go from a .mpk to .tpk
The idea being that ...

I'm trying to test an mxd with mxdperfstat.
I want to test several scales, but as soon as I provide a scale over 500, the program simply quits.
No Error warning. It just stops working.
If I provide ...

I have a folder that contain mxd's projects. Each mxd has 3 and more data frame. I want to insert layer file to a specific data frame with position in the TOC. I don't know how to do it. I'm trying ...

I have been trying to run a loop that would change a layer in an .mxd during each iteration and then export it to a PDF. When I run it, the exported PDFs are all exactly the same as the .mxd in the ...

I am trying to take the guts of this code (Batch convert ArcGIS 9x files to 10) and build it into a tool that we can more flexibly use and share around our organization. I think I'm almost there but ...

I have been trying to export from MXD format to DWG format without much success. I used the Export to CAD conversion tool in GIS 9.3 but it only converts the lines and polygon.. etc to DWG format and ...

Our GIS users have been using graphics to mark things in their map documents. By graphics, I mean circles, rectangles, lines, text, etc. that can be drawn into data view by using the Draw toolbar. We ...

I am using Arcgis 10.2.
I have created a set of mxd from which I need a list of the layers and their characteristics (Name, sources, symbologie - maybe as in legend, if there is an Definiton Query, ...

Obviously the mxd doesn't contain the gdb files, and the linked raster files. So when I copy a project, I need to search manually the 49 raster maps from the other 4000. Is there an easier way to copy ...

I have 200 shape files which have been named using an integer at the beginning of the name...i.e 01.03.shp 01.04.shp etc. They are all symbolized within an mxd document.
I need to import these shapes ...

I am using ArcGIS product (v.10.1). I have also tempalte of Maps from ArcGIS. But i need to get data from maps (.mxd files) to store it into MS SQL database.
Explanation: I have application that has ...

Converting a .mxd to .dxf is something we need to do, and we do not only need the layers but also the layout of a map on our .mxd to be transfered to .dxf. I've done some research on the internet but ...

I'm trying to write a python script that will export multiple MXDs to individual PDFs while using a feature class field to rename the pdfs (this can be an optional field, if not check it can copy the ...

I have been trying to extract a list of all the layers in my mxd (Arc9.3.1), using Python 2.5. If I could have the source of the layers too that would be even better... But as long as I can get a list ...